I went out for dinner and a musical theater performance tonight with a couple friends and it was expensive. Not the dinner and theater part—that was pretty reasonable—the problem was with all the extra time we had before meeting at the restaurant.
I was carpooling with my friend and he wanted to pre-order the newest Call of Duty game that’s coming out this Tuesday. He was excited about it and we had about an hour to waste, so we went to Best Buy so he could get in his pre-order. That by itself would have been fine, but once he finished with that, we stayed in the store and I just knew that wasn’t going to be fine.
I ended up wandering around in the music section for the first time in a couple years, I think. I know it’s been a long time because I was walking through the aisles thinking, “I like this band… and this band… and this singer…” As I had those thoughts, my hands reached out—seemingly of their own volition—and grabbed the CDs off the shelves.
When we finally left the store and I regained my senses, I had a very large pile of music and a receipt showing a final tally of $135. Ouch. (Maybe if I pretend it’s a late birthday present to myself, I won’t feel quite as guilty. Maybe.)
